Trial on using race-based admissions in the Naval Academy kicks off in crusade against affirmative action
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The U.S. Navy on Monday will begin to defend its use of race as an admissions factor at the Naval Academy after a Supreme Court case overturning affirmative action left a carve out for service academies.
The case kicked off Monday and is being heard in Baltimore by District Judge Richard D. Bennett, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, without the assistance of a jury.
Chief Justice John Roberts said factoring race into admissions had "potentially distinct" interests for service academies.
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